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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say might happen if Ambrose comes across another lost person in the funhouse?
(a) He does not suggest that
(b) It would be an older boy who would laugh at Ambrose
(c) They would help and encourage each other
(d) It would be a girl and she would not like him

2. Where does the family always stop for lunch on the way to Ocean City?
(a) At a picnic ground two miles from the ocean
(b) At Ambrose’s aunt’s house
(c) At the Two Shoe Diner
(d) At MacDonald’s

3. What does the narrator say is the most distinguishing physical feature of Ambrose’s father?
(a) He has red hair
(b) He is quite fat
(c) He is very tall
(d) He wears glasses

4. Why does Magda get angry at the swimming pool?
(a) Uncle Karl pushes her into the pool
(b) Ambrose splashes water in her face
(c) Peter tries to drag her into the water
(d) A boy she does not know accidentally knocks her into the pool

5. What does Ambrose think is different about himself from others?
(a) He is smarter than anyone he knows, even his father
(b) He is an adult in mind even though he is only 13
(c) He understands more than he should
(d) He has the ability to be a true hero

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the worst of the sun come into the car?

2. At what age are people when the narrator says some people hit their stride?

3. What does the narrator say could be one way for girls to become well-developed?

4. What does Ambrose imagine reminding his wife of when he is old and gray?

5. What does the narrator say is the emotional age of an adolescent boy compared to a girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Magda react to Ambrose taking her arm, and what does he want to tell her?

2. Why do the teenagers return to the Funhouse when their money runs out?

3. When thoroughly lost, what does Ambrose imagine happens to him in the Funhouse?

4. Why does the family stay out of the ocean, and what do they do instead of swimming in the ocean?

5. What does the narrator say is the best thing to do when one is lost, and what is the drawback to that action?

6. What was often done in 19th Century fiction to make a work appear real?

7. What happens as the teenagers are entering the Funhouse?

8. What does Ambrose remember about playing the game 'Niggers and Masters' with Peter and Magda when they were younger?

9. Who does Ambrose think will overhear him telling stories while lost in the Funhouse?

10. What are Peter and Magda doing while Ambrose is in the Funhouse?

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